The Saga of World War 2: a Casus Belli Project

The Saga of World War 2: a Casus Belli Project

A podcast covering the entire second world war from beginning to end.

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May 19, 2023 28 mins

We continue the update on China from the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war until the attack on Pearl harbor when the entry of the United States would change the calculus for all sides.



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In this episode we fill in the blanks in China, catching up on how China found itself at war with Japan in 1937



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March 22, 2023 18 mins

A biography of the most famous Australian Soldier of all time: Tom "Diver" Derrick, VC.



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My interview with David Milne, Senior Designer of Company of Heroes 3 for Relic Entertainment.



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March 15, 2023 25 mins

The final pieces of Operation CARTWHEEL finally fall into place with the capture of Cape Gloucester and the seizure of the Admiralty islands.



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My interview with Ray Boomhower about his biographer of war correspondant Richard Trgaskis.



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March 1, 2023 28 mins

In this episode we conclude the Aleutian campaign with the invasions of Attu and Kiska.



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January 20, 2023 25 mins

Part one of the Aleutians Campaign including the occupation of Attu and Kiska as well as the battle of the Komandorski Islands.



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December 11, 2022 30 mins

Nimitz begins his drive through the central pacific with at the battle of Tarawa.



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November 20, 2022 27 mins

We finally reach the end of the Solomons campaign with the landing at Bougainville.



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November 6, 2022 28 mins

Halsey and MacArthur resume their drives up the Solomons chain in their effort to isolate Rabaul.



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October 23, 2022 35 mins

We now turn toward the Pacific theatre once again but first make a stop over the United States to discuss the war's effects on the US population.



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May 4, 2021 12 mins

A short look at what Fascism is as a political movement or ideology.



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April 29, 2021 36 mins

The four phases of the battle of the Atlantic form 1939 to defeat in 1943.



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In this appendix I speak with author Simon Read about his book The Iron Sea.



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February 17, 2021 32 mins

The bombing campaign over Europe from 1940-1944



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January 7, 2021 25 mins

The Allies fight their way up the Italian Peninsula



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December 16, 2020 28 mins

The Allies begin their Invasion of Italy



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October 6, 2020 25 mins

The two and a half year long siege of Leningrad



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September 15, 2020 26 mins

The Battle of Kursk and its aftermath as well as the Smolensk Offensive



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